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I saw something yesterday I never have before. The store manager where I bought my fishing license was carrying a handgun.

It is in a very bad, high crime area. Have you ever seen that?

Posted - August 15, 2021
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  • 19942
    Very hard to get a handgun license in NY State and even harder to get open carry, if it exists.
      August 15, 2021 2:21 PM MDT
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  • 44355
    It's quite easy here.
      August 15, 2021 2:23 PM MDT
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  • 13261
    How else do you expect the guy to defend himself against unlicensed fish?
      August 15, 2021 3:04 PM MDT
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  • 44355
    She was a woman.
      August 15, 2021 3:50 PM MDT
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  • 757
    I see it every day here. I carry a gun everywhere I go. Here in Kentucky we have Constitutional Carry, which means no permit needed to carry a gun either open or concealed. 
      August 15, 2021 3:37 PM MDT
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  • 17477
    Absent any legislation to step away from the common law, that is  the law of the land.  Southerners are just used to seeing guns.  A rifle in the back seat doesn't cause a cop to go into high gear at a traffic stop.  My husband used to always carry a gun, even in a tux once that I remember. 
      August 15, 2021 5:14 PM MDT
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  • 757
    More and more people are carrying guns, and more states are going constitutional carry. 
      August 16, 2021 10:33 AM MDT
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  • 44355
      August 16, 2021 2:32 PM MDT
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  • 757
    Yup, that's how it's done. Teach them at an early age. 
      August 17, 2021 11:23 PM MDT
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  • 10053
    Frequently. 
      August 15, 2021 6:40 PM MDT
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  • 16339
    Guns weren't common in Australia even before Port Arthur.
      August 15, 2021 8:44 PM MDT
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  • 13261
    Compared to the US, people are not all that common in Australia either.
      August 16, 2021 1:21 PM MDT
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  • 53005

     

      Er, um, no.  I was not there with you, so I did not see it.
    ~

      August 15, 2021 11:08 PM MDT
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  • 32979
    What user was this? 

    No I don't remember seeing a cashier open carrying. 
      August 16, 2021 6:22 AM MDT
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  • 44355
    She was the manager.
      August 16, 2021 6:43 AM MDT
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  • 32979
    Good for her. 

      (I figured out who you are)
      August 16, 2021 6:45 AM MDT
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  • 44355
    I think everyone did. I gotta have some fun once in a while. And I agree...good for her.
      August 16, 2021 6:47 AM MDT
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  • 17477
    Were you the Benedick Arnold yesterday?
      August 16, 2021 12:52 PM MDT
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  • 44355
    Yep...just having some fun. And vodka.
      August 16, 2021 2:29 PM MDT
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  • 10053
    Hahaha!
      August 16, 2021 6:20 PM MDT
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  • I haven't seen it.  My brother owns a hotel.  He keeps his gun under the counter when he's behind the desk.  I think that's where most shopkeepers keep their guns if they have them.  Here, handguns are only allowed for self-defense inside of a person's home or business.  We don't have shall-issue concealed carry licenses like the US does.
      August 18, 2021 10:56 PM MDT
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  • 1940
    Great info firsthand. Thank you mucho gracious my sirens Martina! This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at September 5, 2021 8:49 PM MDT
      September 2, 2021 10:11 PM MDT
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